Amazon at risk: 4 days left‏ – Avaaz.org

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Dear friends,

The Amazon is in serious danger. The Brazilian Senate is about to endorse a bill that would dangerously weaken protection of this global treasure. But in four days, indigenous people will lead marches across Brazil calling to stop the destruction. Let’s stand with them and make this a global march to save the Amazon.

The Amazon is in serious danger: Brazil is on the verge of gutting its forest protection laws — unless we act now, vast tracts of our planet’s lungs could be opened up to clear-cutting devastation.

This threat to the Amazon has sparked widespread anger and protests across the country and tensions are rising. In an effort to stifle criticism, armed thugs, allegedly hired by loggers, have murdered environmental advocates. But the movement is fighting back — in four days, brave indigenous people are leading massive marches across Brazil to demand action and inside sources say President Dilma is considering vetoing the changes.

79% of Brazilians support a veto of the forest law changes and this internal pressure is leading some in Dilma’s administration to back a veto. But we need a global cry of solidarity with the Brazilian people to really force Dilma’s hand. Our global petition will be boldly displayed on banners at the front of the massive marches for Amazon protection. Let’s reach one million to SAVE THE AMAZON! Sign the urgent petition below and send this on to everyone:

People love Brazil! The sun, the music, the dancing, the football, the nature — it’s a country that inspires millions around the world. This is why Brazil is hosting the next World Cup, why Rio has the 2016 Olympics and next year’s Earth Summit, a meeting to stop the slow death of our planet.

Our love is not misplaced — the Amazon is vital to life on earth — 20% of our oxygen and one-fifth of all the world’s freshwater comes from this magnificent rainforest. That’s why it’s so crucial that we all protect it.

But Brazil is also a rapidly developing country, battling to lift tens of millions out of poverty, and the pressure on its political leaders to clear-cut and mine for profit is intense. Now, they’re dangerously close to buckling on environmental protections. Local activists are being murdered, intimidated and silenced. It’s up to Avaaz members across the world to stand with Brazilians and urge Brazil’s politicians to be strong.

Many of us have seen in our own countries how growth often comes at the expense of our natural heritage: our waters and air get polluted, our forests die.

For Brazil, there is an alternative. Dilma’s predecessor massively reduced deforestation and cemented the country’s international reputation as an environmental leader, while also enjoying huge economic growth. Let’s come together now, when indigenous and environmental leaders are taking their battle to the streets and urge Dilma to follow in those footsteps — sign the petition to save the Amazon, then forward this email to everyone:

In the last three years, Brazilian Avaaz members have taken massive leaps towards the world we all want: They won landmark anti-corruption legislation, and have lobbied their government to play a leadership role at the UN, protect human rights and intervene to support democracy in the Middle East, and help protect human rights in Africa and beyond. Now, as brave Brazilian activists are being killed for protecting a precious global resource, let’s come together around this critical day of action to save the Amazon and herald Brazil as a true international leader once more.

With hope,

Emma, Ricken, Alice, Ben, Iain, Laura, Graziela, Luis and the rest of the Avaaz Team

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Comments

I have just read a book ‘No Rain in the Amazon’ by Nikolas Kozloff in it the talk is if Brazil will not or cannot stop the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, and then the world must get together and stop it for them.
I have seen many books and reports and I am amazed that so far nobody has any idea as to how to fix this problem and here I wish to do just that.

Connect the tributaries of the rivers flowing from south to north starting with the Madeira to the Tapojos then to Xingu then to Araguaia and then to Tocantins and on to the Sao Francisco. With the new water in the Sao Francisco, which is a river of 3.000 km, you would have a lot of water to irrigate as much of the dry Sertao as possible and to the south of the river as it turns to the east.

As the water evaporates, about half of it will be lost under ground and the other half will turn into vapor and will form clouds. This will make extra rain for the Amazon as it cannot cross over the Andes mountains. It will have to come down the Amazon again and back into the Atlantic. It will be an endless cycle and recycle, a completely unique and closed water system in the world.

Every year there will be more water as it rains in the Amazon so there will be more water coming down the Amazonian rivers for irrigations and start the cycle all over again.

So much money is being spent on projects that do not fix this, but this solution would then fix all the other problems as the food production in Brazil would triple and there would be less hunger in the world.

It would take between 20 and 30 billion dollars which is a drop in the bucket, to fix this, the biggest of problems of all. Then you would not have to invade an independent country

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